Thread guide for rewinding machines



Dec. 26, 192 2. 1L,44,3. E. E. KAUFMAN.

THREAD GUIDE FOR REWINDING MACHINES.

FILED NOV-17,1921.

WITNESSES g Ill/VETOR 1 if. KAUFMAN BV' 7 I! A TTORlI/EYS Patented Dee.as, i922.

UNETED ELMER E. KAUFMAN, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

THREAD GUIDE FOR REWINDING MACHINES.

Application filed November 17, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Emma E. KAUFMAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State ovPennsylvania, haveinvented a new and Improved Thread Guide for RewindingMachines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to thread guides and particularly to an improvedguide for thread re-winding machines and has for an object to provide animproved construction which will not become disengaged but which is freeto operate for the purpose desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a thread guide which isresiliently held. in place while permitted a tree rotary movement.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side view of a spool and partof a spindle of a re-winding machine with a thread guide embodying theinvention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of the thread guideshown in Figure 1.

leiferring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates aspindle on which a spool 2 is removably positioned, said spool beingheld in place on the spindle by triction. The spindle .1 is providedwith an Serial No. 515,754.

annular groove 3 above the top of the spool 2, said groove being adaptedto receive part of the thread guide a. This guide is formed of wire orother suitable material and is bent for producing a looped structure 5which forms almost a circle and which by reason of the resilient natureof the material will snap in place so that it will appear as shown inFigures 1 and 2. The loop 5 on one side merges into a section 6 bent at7, which in turn merges into a short section 8 bent at 9. From the bentportion 9 the wire forms a comparatively long arm 10 which is bentdownwardly at 11 and twisted for forming a short coil or eye 12. Theopposite side of the guide is similarly constructed to that justdescribed. Though. the loop 5 is snapped into place, it is looselymounted whereby the guide may freely lrotate or rather the spindle 1 andthe spool 52 may freely rotate while the guide remains substantiallystationary.

What I claim is A thread guide for re-winding machines, comprising asingle element bent adjacent its center to form a resilient clampingring merging into side arms bent laterally and 60 rearwardly toward saidring and then diametrically outward to present arms, and a twistedstructure at the ends of said arms forming thread guide eyes.

ELMER. E. KAUFMAN.

